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This manual consists of a toolkit aimed at providing tools and methods for undertaking vulnerability and adaptation assessments. The choice of suitable tools depends on the environmental system of interest and socio-economic vulnerability. Therefore, the tools should be adapted for specific purposes where necessary.

This activity report collects in a single document several project implementation interim reports. These have been regularly produced to inform donors about the concrete results achieved by all the partners during projects implementation. 

This manual collects important training material for the preparation of trainers workshops. The purpose of this training of trainers workshop is to build or strengthen the capacity of the participants and their respective institutions in the domain of climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

This form should be used as a guide to help evaluate the training of trainers.

This manual aims to share the results of the experience gathered during the four regional workshops dedicated to the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs). The spirit of this document is to create some familiarity with key vulnerabilities and to underpin the ‘learning by example’ approach that was used during the workshops. Practical methods for achieving the most significant and effective results were proposed for each stage.

This manual collects useful exercises concerning the training on capacity strengthening in climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategy assessments. In particular, this publication focuses on the analysis for the identification of national adaptation strategies.

This manual collects useful exercises concerning the training on capacity strengthening in climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategy assessments. In particular, this publication focuses on vulnerability indicators.

This manual collects useful exercises concerning the training on capacity strengthening in climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategy assessments. In particular, this publication focuses on food security and climate change.

This manual presents the conclusions and lesson learned from the training of trainers workshop. Guidelines and final advices are provided in particular for training and evaluation.  

This manual collects concepts, methods and tools for vulnerability and adaptation assessments. In fact, defining terms and concepts to use in vulnerability and adaptation assessments is more than a simple question of linguistics. It has implications for the choice of frameworks, methodologies and tools as well as affects the results of the assessment itself.

This slide presentation introduces a case study on adaptive strategies aimed at achieving food security in the Sahel. This analysis has two main objectives: to understand the climatic risks that threaten agriculture and to propose alternatives that can be used in other Sahelian countries. The main environmental, socio-economic and institutional issues related to the development of the project and the methods used in its implementation are also presented.

This slide presentation presents a case study on coastal areas vulnerability and climate change in Senegal. This analysis is based on a 7-step methodology including the definition of the study framework, description of the current situation, definition of scenarios, impact analysis, identification and analysis of adaptation strategies and definition of vulnerability.

This slide presentation introduces a case study on natural disasters and climate change in Central America. It presents several scientific data on the regional environment and selects the best methods and tools for going from vulnerability assessments to adaptation strategies. 

This manual collects training material on climate change vulnerability and adaptation. The aim of this training course is to create and/or strengthen the capacities of participants and institutions in developing countries to assess vulnerability and adaptation strategies in order to face up to climate variability and change. By training trainers and users, the impact being sought is to reduce the dependence of developing countries and their institutions on existing expertise and know-how in the developed countries.

This activity report provides a description of a pilot project on climate change adaptation in Ghana. The purpose of this project was to develop locally-appropriate and time-sustainable capacity as necessary to undertake pre-disaster socioeconomic, technical prevention and adaptation options available to reduce the potential adverse impacts of climate change on human health vulnerability.

This manual consists of a background publication that presents tools, methods and definitions to use when carrying out vulnerability and adaptation assessments. These assessments identify current hazards and threats and the strategies, policies and actions needed to cope with them. Addressing current vulnerability will assist in reducing future vulnerability due to worsening impacts.

This document looks at the relationship between biodiversity and cities and analyses how cities can be involved in protecting the world’s species. In fact, although cities occupy just 2 per cent of the Earth’s surface, their inhabitants use 75 per cent of the planet’s natural resources. Cities draw on their surrounding ecosystems for goods and services, and their products and emissions can affect regional and even global ecosystems.

This report summarizes the ecoBUDGET management system in which natural resources and environmental quality are measured and accounted for in a budget. EcoBUDGET was developed for local governments, to help them plan, monitor and report natural resource consumption within the municipal territory. It is a cross-cutting instrument, based on three pillars: environmental master budget; statement of environmental assets and sustainability analysis; and measures management, budget balancing and evaluation.

In this activity report, Heinz Kull, UN-HABITAT’s former disaster management coordinator, looks at how the world’s most powerful and wealthy nation, the USA, handled the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. Strong efforts have been made, particularly by the State of Louisiana authorities, to understand the disaster as a chance to reduce the vulnerability of marginalized groups within the evacuee population.

This document presents a message from the Executive Director on disasters and climate change. The Executive Director highlights that the world has witnessed a series of disasters that have resulted in the dramatic loss of human life and property and the displacement of entire communities. While the response of the international community is, in most cases, prompt, it is fundamental to prevent such devastation in the future. An important advancement lies in sustainable human settlements planning and management.